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EP0681950A2 - Dispositif de levier sélecteur pour une transmission automatique de véhicules automobiles - Google Patents

Dispositif de levier sélecteur pour une transmission automatique de véhicules automobiles Download PDF

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EP0681950A2
EP0681950A2 EP95104944A EP95104944A EP0681950A2 EP 0681950 A2 EP0681950 A2 EP 0681950A2 EP 95104944 A EP95104944 A EP 95104944A EP 95104944 A EP95104944 A EP 95104944A EP 0681950 A2 EP0681950 A2 EP 0681950A2
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Dittmar Schwab
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Valeo GmbH and Co Schliessysteme KG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R25/00—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles
    • B60R25/01—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens
    • B60R25/02—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens operating on the steering mechanism
    • B60R25/021—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens operating on the steering mechanism restraining movement of the steering column or steering wheel hub, e.g. restraining means controlled by ignition switch
    • B60R25/02142—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens operating on the steering mechanism restraining movement of the steering column or steering wheel hub, e.g. restraining means controlled by ignition switch comprising externally controlled safety devices for preventing locking during vehicle running condition
    • B60R25/02144—Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens operating on the steering mechanism restraining movement of the steering column or steering wheel hub, e.g. restraining means controlled by ignition switch comprising externally controlled safety devices for preventing locking during vehicle running condition interlocked with gear box or gear lever
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H59/00—Control inputs to control units of change-speed-, or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion
    • F16H59/02—Selector apparatus
    • F16H59/08—Range selector apparatus
    • F16H59/10—Range selector apparatus comprising levers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H61/00—Control functions within control units of change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion ; Control of exclusively fluid gearing, friction gearing, gearings with endless flexible members or other particular types of gearing
    • F16H61/22—Locking of the control input devices

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  • the invention relates to a device with a selector lever for motor vehicle automatic transmissions which can be pivoted about an axis of rotation, the selector lever being lockable with the aid of a locking lever which can be displaced in its longitudinal direction, according to the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • the selector lever mechanism and the ignition lock with lock cylinder are often arranged in the same developer and can be connected to one another via a linkage to secure the motor vehicle against theft. After the engine has been switched off, a locking pin engages in the linkage in the area of the locking cylinder and thereby blocks the selector lever if it is in the park position.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device of the type mentioned that guarantees a safer theft protection compared to known devices, is simple and robust and reliable.
  • the invention is based on the one hand on the idea that the locking bolt is arranged in a locking part on the selector lever side and for locking the selector lever in a corresponding recess in the selector lever itself or in a part firmly connected to the selector lever, e.g. the axis engages, so that there can be no more bending of the locking rod even with relatively high use of force.
  • a pivotable locking disk with two pins is additionally provided on the selector lever side. One pin is supported on the locking pin, while the second pin engages directly in the locking lever and thus prevents the locking lever from being pulled out of the locking part when the selector lever is locked. As a result, the selector lever is additionally secured and actuation of the transmission, for example via a Bowden cable, is prevented.
  • a pivot lever mechanism is used to actuate the locking bolt by the locking cylinder, in which one End of the pivot lever is connected to the lock cylinder via a control bar or a Bowden cable, and in which the other end of the pivot lever engages in a recess in the locking pin such that a rotary movement of the pivot lever leads to a corresponding displacement of the locking pin.
  • the locking pin is biased in the locking direction by a compression spring so that the force required to secure the selector lever for moving the locking pin when actuating the lock cylinder is minimal.
  • the locking bolt is connected to the locking cylinder via a Bowden cable.
  • the Bowden cable is connected on the locking cylinder side to a cam disk connected to the locking cylinder and on the selector lever side with the locking bolt biased in the locking direction by a spring.
  • a lifting magnet with an engagement pin is provided in a further embodiment of the invention to provide, the engagement pin engages directly in a recess of the locking disk and thus also blocks the selector lever via the locking lever. As soon as the vehicle is started, the magnet pulls the engagement pin out of the locking disk, so that the locking lever can then be pulled and the selector lever can be pivoted out of the park position.
  • Fig. 1, 1 denotes an ignition lock which comprises a lock cylinder 2, which is only indicated by dashed lines and is known per se, and an ignition switch 3.
  • a locking bolt 7 arranged in a locking part 6 is connected to the locking cylinder 2 via a control bar 4 and a pivot lever 5.
  • the locking pin 7 engages in a corresponding groove-shaped recess 8 on the selector lever axis 9 shrunk on jacket tube 10 (locked state of the selector lever).
  • a locking disk 12 which can be pivoted about an axis of rotation 11 and which has a first pin 13 which engages in a groove-shaped recess 14 made in the locking part 6.
  • the locking disk 12 is held in a left starting position by a leg spring 15, in which the stop pin 13 rests on the left side of the recess 14.
  • FIG. 2 shows a section along the line designated II-II in FIG. 1.
  • 16 is a selector lever, which is firmly connected to the selector lever axis 9 via a profile part 17.
  • This Bowden cable forms, in a manner known per se, the connection between the selector lever 16 and the transmission, also not shown for reasons of clarity.
  • a locking lever is marked, which is arranged displaceably essentially inside the selector lever 16.
  • the locking lever 20 is provided with a handle-like part 22 and is accessible to the driver of the motor vehicle on the side facing away from the viewer.
  • the locking lever 20 can be pulled upward against the pressure of a corresponding spring (not shown) in the direction of the longitudinal axis 23 of the selector lever.
  • the not-pulled locking lever 20 engages in a groove-shaped recess 25 of a locking part 26 and thus locks the selector lever 16 in the respectively selected position.
  • a sleeve-like part 27 with a driver 28 is arranged on the locking lever 20.
  • the driver 28 is positively connected to a corresponding second pin 29 of the locking disk 12, so that when the locking lever 20 is raised, the locking disk 12 tries to pivot about its axis of rotation 11, but is prevented from doing so by the pin 13 pressing against the locking pin 7 (FIG .1).
  • FIG. 3 and 4 again show a longitudinal section through the locking bolt 7 which is engaged in the groove-shaped recess 8 of the casing tube 10.
  • the locking bolt 7 has in its upper region a recess 33 into which the end 34 of the pivot lever 5 engages.
  • the locking pin 7 is biased by a compression spring 35 in the direction of the selector lever axis 9.
  • the locking bolt 7 has at its upper end a stop edge 36 with which the locking bolt is supported in the locked state on a corresponding part of the locking part.
  • the locking pin 7 is formed somewhat wider at its upper end 37, so that in the locked state the first pin 13 of the locking disk 12 bears against the locking pin 7 in this area.
  • the mode of operation of the device according to the invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 is discussed below.
  • the mode of operation of the lifting magnet 32 is initially disregarded. It is also assumed that the selector lever 16 is in the locked position shown and that the corresponding motor vehicle is started shall be: After inserting an ignition key (not shown) into the ignition lock 1 (Fig. 1), the ignition key is turned to the right in a manner known per se. In this case, the control bar 4 is moved in the direction of the arrow by means of a cam, also not shown for reasons of clarity, so that the pivoting lever 5 pivots to the right and, via its end 34 (FIG. 3), moves the locking pin 7 upward against the pressure of the spring 35 for so long.
  • the selector lever 16 Conversely, if the vehicle is to be secured against theft, the selector lever must first be pivoted into the parking position. Then the ignition key is then turned into its corresponding end position and thus the locking pin 7 is pressed into the groove-shaped recess 8 of the tube 10 via the control bar 4 and the pivot lever 5. If the ignition key is now removed, the selector lever 16 is secured twice. On the one hand, pivoting of the selector lever 16 is excluded because the locking pin 7 blocks the selector lever axis 9. On the other hand, the selector lever 16 cannot be pivoted, because by blocking the locking disk 12 by means of the locking bolt 7 the locking lever 20 cannot be pulled and remains in the locking part 26.
  • the lifting magnet designated 32 is used as an additional safeguard (FIGS. 1 and 3), the engagement pin 31 of which remains in the recess 30 of the locking disk 12 (FIG. 1) and thus the selector lever 16 blocked via the locking lever 20 until the engine is actually started.
  • FIG. 5 shows the possibility of connecting a spring-loaded locking pin 40 for blocking the selector lever 16 not to a corresponding locking cylinder 42 via a lever mechanism, but via a Bowden cable 41.
  • the locking part, in which the locking pin 40 is located, is designated by 43.
  • a compression spring 44 is absolutely necessary to act on the locking bolt, since the Bowden cable should advantageously only be used to transmit tensile and not also compressive forces.
  • the Bowden cable 41 is connected via a bell crank 45 to a slide 46 which has a pin 47.
  • the pin 47 (and thus also the slide 46) is guided through a cam plate 48 arranged on the locking cylinder 42.
  • FIG. 6 shows a plan view of the cam disk 48.
  • This is advantageously designed such that when the ignition key is moved to the right (ignition of the engine; unlocking of the selector lever), the pin 47 emerges relatively quickly outwards from a groove-shaped recess 49 on a run-up slope 50 moved and then with further rotation of the Ignition key remains at a constant distance from the central axis 51 of the lock cylinder.
  • the bell crank 45 then ensures that the Bowden cable 41 pulls the locking pin 40 against the pressure of the spring 44 out of the corresponding groove 8 of the casing tube 10 connected to the selector lever axis 9 (FIG. 2).
  • the locking pin 40 cannot snap into the groove 8.
  • the locking cylinder 1 cannot be rotated into its end position either, since the pin 47 does not run back into the groove-shaped recess 49, but strikes against a projection 52 of the cam plate 48.
  • the ignition key cannot be removed from the ignition lock. Rather, the selector lever 16 must be brought into the parking position beforehand.
  • the selector lever and lock cylinder side part of the device according to the invention can largely be spatially assigned to one another.
  • 7 shows an embodiment in which the locking part is arranged in such a way that the locking bolt — unlike in the case of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-4 — does not come from above into the selector lever axis, but from below into one with the Selector lever connected and pivotable about the selector lever axis engages plate-shaped extension.
  • the selector lever is designated 53, to which the plate-shaped extension 55, which is pivotable about the selector lever axis 54, is fastened.
  • a locking lever 56 is slidably mounted, the lower end 57 of which, in the park position shown, engages in a groove-shaped recess 58 of a bearing housing 59.
  • the locking lever 56 also has at its lower end 57 a recess 60 into which a pin 61 of the locking disk designated 62 engages.
  • the bolt part fastened to the bearing housing 59 is again designated 43, the Bowden cable 41 and the locking bolt 40 (cf. also FIG. 5).
  • the locking pin 40 engages in a recess 63 of the plate-shaped extension 55, so that the selector lever 53 can no longer be pivoted about the selector lever axis 54.
  • the locking disk 62 on the side facing away from the viewer has a stop part 64 which bears against the locking pin 40 and prevents the locking disk 62 from pivoting about the axis of rotation 65, so that the locking lever 56 cannot be pulled either.
  • the reference numeral 32 in turn denotes a lifting magnet, the engagement pin 31 of which engages in a corresponding recess 30 (cf. also FIG. 2).

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EP95104944A 1994-05-13 1995-04-03 Dispositif de levier sélecteur pour une transmission automatique de véhicules automobiles Expired - Lifetime EP0681950B1 (fr)

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DE4416864A DE4416864C1 (de) 1994-05-13 1994-05-13 Vorrichtung mit einem Wählhebel für Kraftfahrzeug-Automatikgetriebe

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DE19606038C1 (de) * 1996-02-19 1997-05-07 Ymos Ag Ind Produkte Kraftfahrzeugschloß
DE19730634A1 (de) * 1997-07-17 1999-01-21 Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag Interlockvorrichtung für Kraftfahrzeuge

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EP0324469A2 (fr) * 1988-01-14 1989-07-19 Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho Dispositif d'actionnement d'une transmission
DE3905698C1 (en) * 1989-02-24 1990-06-07 Audi Ag, 8070 Ingolstadt, De Device for locking the gear shift lever of a motor vehicle
DE3939748A1 (de) * 1989-04-07 1990-10-11 Audi Ag Vorrichtung zum verriegeln des waehlhebels fuer ein kraftfahrzeug mit automatischem getriebe
US5050411A (en) * 1989-06-26 1991-09-24 Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho Shift lever locking device for automatic transmission of column type
US5085096A (en) * 1989-12-11 1992-02-04 Chrysler Corporation Gearshift park interlock system
EP0334672B1 (fr) * 1988-03-25 1992-11-25 Babcock Industries Inc. Dispositif de verrouillage mécanique réciproque
EP0519205A1 (fr) * 1991-06-20 1992-12-23 Dr.Ing.h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif de verrouillage entre le levier de commande de la boîte de vitesse et la serrure d'allumage d'un véhicule
EP0580970A1 (fr) * 1992-07-30 1994-02-02 Dr.Ing.h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif de verrouillage de la clé d'allumage d'un véhicule automobile au moyen du levier d'une boîte vitesse automatique

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EP0324469A2 (fr) * 1988-01-14 1989-07-19 Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho Dispositif d'actionnement d'une transmission
EP0334672B1 (fr) * 1988-03-25 1992-11-25 Babcock Industries Inc. Dispositif de verrouillage mécanique réciproque
DE3905698C1 (en) * 1989-02-24 1990-06-07 Audi Ag, 8070 Ingolstadt, De Device for locking the gear shift lever of a motor vehicle
DE3939748A1 (de) * 1989-04-07 1990-10-11 Audi Ag Vorrichtung zum verriegeln des waehlhebels fuer ein kraftfahrzeug mit automatischem getriebe
US5050411A (en) * 1989-06-26 1991-09-24 Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho Shift lever locking device for automatic transmission of column type
US5085096A (en) * 1989-12-11 1992-02-04 Chrysler Corporation Gearshift park interlock system
EP0519205A1 (fr) * 1991-06-20 1992-12-23 Dr.Ing.h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif de verrouillage entre le levier de commande de la boîte de vitesse et la serrure d'allumage d'un véhicule
EP0580970A1 (fr) * 1992-07-30 1994-02-02 Dr.Ing.h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif de verrouillage de la clé d'allumage d'un véhicule automobile au moyen du levier d'une boîte vitesse automatique

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